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Johann Beckford

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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 24/06/2026
⚠️ Today is officially the hottest June day on record. Temperatures hit 35.7C in Surrey this afternoon, breaking a record that had stood since 1976. The case for action on both tackling climate change and building our resilience to it could not be clearer than it is today.
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 25/05/2026
“Glorious weather, temperatures climbing every day, blue skies and the opportunity to enjoy time outside with friends and family. Then again, there is always another side to a heatwave…” @johannbeckford.bsky.social on why @thecccuk.bsky.social’s latest report couldn’t be more timely 👇
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We’re feeling the heat and it’s time we did something about it
What a stunning weekend. Glorious weather, temperatures climbing every day, blue skies and the opportunity to enjoy time outside with friends and family. Then again, there is always another side to…
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 20/05/2026
Climate impacts already cost the UK billions, cause thousands of preventable deaths and hit national security. So why isn't adaptation a priority? @thecccuk.bsky.social's Well Adapted UK report sets out what parties, business and civil society must do. @johannbeckford.bsky.social explains 👇
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Why isn't adapting to climate at the top of the political agenda? With Johann Beckford
YouTube video by GreenAllianceUK
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 17/04/2026
A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The flooding across the UK at the start of this year has been extraordinary. And new Aviva analysis shows we've built more and not fewer homes in at risk areas in recent years. We have a housing crisis but and flooded housing crisis isn't a solution. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One in nine new homes in England built in areas of flood risk, study shows
Figures from Aviva also show number of homes being built in risky areas is on the rise
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 06/01/2026
The results are in and 2025 was another strong year for UK electric vehicle sales 👇 📈An over 20% increase in new sales over 2024 levels 👍Overall market compliance with zero emission vehicle regulations ⚡1 in 3 sales were electric in December
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 15/12/2025
🚨 Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has proposed to abolish the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate (ZEV). @shaunspiers1.bsky.social, executive director, responds to the proposal ⬇️
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 15/12/2025
🚘The future is electric. In 2024, the UK became the biggest car market in Europe. And so far this year, sales have grown by over a quarter while petrol and diesel sales are down.
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 04/12/2025
Today’s @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social data shows another month of growth in EV sales. The UK can be a global leader in the move to electric. @johannbeckford.bsky.social, Green Alliance senior policy adviser, explains what the numbers mean👉
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Just a reminder that if you've filled up a car with petrol in the UK you have paid more fuel duty than Easy Jet have ever done. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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EasyJet profits climb as package holidays sell well despite price rises
Travel firm says most popular package destinations are Majorca, Tenerife, Costa Blanca, Dalaman and Lanzarote
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 24/11/2025
The rail fare freeze is very welcome news. Year on year, fare rises have hit commuters in their pockets. But as our report highlights, fares are only part of the picture. We need improved connectivity and integration to create a world class rail system that people can afford and want to use.
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Next stop, better rail: growing UK train travel » Green Alliance
Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment
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Ralph Palmer @ralphpalmer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"It’s about the tiny minority who can afford luxury at the expense of the planet carrying their fair share of the burden, and helping raise the revenue the country badly needs." Great to see Sarah Champion MP pushing for higher private jet levies ahead of the budget. labourlist.org/2025/11/tax-...
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'Taxing private jets can help the rest of us soar' - LabourList
Amid economic challenges and rising emissions, fairer taxes on private jets can raise revenue and ensure the super-rich bear their share.
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 19/11/2025
Good news! The boiler upgrade scheme will now support air-to-air heat pumps, which keep homes warm in winter and cool in summer. These offer households more benefits than boilers while cutting reliance on bill-hiking fossil fuels. We called for this change earlier this year. Full reccs 👇 1/2
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Adapt to thrive: preparing the UK for climate change » Green Alliance
Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment
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No Airport Expansion @noairportexp.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
"Whilst the Government support for airport expansion has been largely based on its expectation of economic growth, the Government has been unable to direct the Committee to any evidence that supports its assertion." Damning EAC report in full here: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
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Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say
A committee of MPs says the government has not demonstrated if economic benefits from airport expansion outweigh climate impacts.
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 24/10/2025
1️⃣ The government’s case for airport expansion simply doesn’t fly. Today’s Environmental Audit Committee report is clear: ministers are pushing ahead with new runways without evidence that the economic benefits outweigh the climate and environmental damage. ✈️ @commonseac.parliament.uk
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 15/10/2025
Today, @thecccuk.bsky.social is recommending a new national target to prepare the UK for 2°C of warming by 2050. If adopted, this will put #adaptation on equal footing with net zero. It’s long overdue. Reaction from @shaunspiers1.bsky.social and a recap 🧵 on why this matters. 1/5
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Some incredible stats in new Aviva research: 🌊90% of properties in Boston & Skegness at risk of flooding. Bermondsey & Old Southwark will be the same by 2050 Ignoring this isn't an option. Every politician must put their shoulder to the wheel on adaptation www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk
Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 09/10/2025
🚛⚡Electric lorries and vans can now travel from Bristol to Glasgow on a single charge. The technology is proven and is getting cheaper. So why does UK have a fleet of just 500 eHGVs? In the first half of 2025, Sweden hit 7% sales and China 22%. Here’s how to get more electric HGVs on the road ⤵️
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Charging ahead: accelerating the take up of zero emission HGVs
In this briefing, we examine what’s holding up the adoption of electric HGVs, from grid constraints to weight restrictions, and recommend how to drive progress.
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Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) @theaef.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The decision to grant Gatwick’s expansion goes against the government’s own planning inspectors. It fails on climate, and will create extra air + noise pollution for thousands of people surrounding the airport. 1/5 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary
There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 22/09/2025
Adding 100,000 flights to #Gatwick with no further plan to cut emissions is deeply worrying. Last week it emerged that the government’s climate advisers had not been asked about expansion at Heathrow or Gatwick. The environment is clearly being treated as a secondary consideration. 1/3
bbc.co.uk
Ministers yet to seek climate advice on Heathrow expansion
The government faces calls to give the Climate Change Committee a bigger role in advising on airport expansion.
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
This sentiment in unfortunately still relevant today #Gatwick 👇
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 03/09/2025
🚀🌍 Project Boost, Green Alliance's development programme for influencing environmental politics, is running a session on how to work with businesses for meaningful impact. Ft: @rachelsw99.bsky.social ( @aldersgategroup.bsky.social) & @johannbeckford.bsky.social 🗓️ 11 Sept, 10am Learn more:
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/09/2025
Electric truck sales are "soaring" in China, says Nikkei Asia More were sold in H1 of this year than in the whole of 2024 (!) asia.nikkei.com/spot...
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 31/07/2025
Today's deadline for #HeathrowExpansion proposals has resulted in two options, one from Heathrow Airport and one from the Arora Group. In this clip, Charles Long, political adviser, outlines the fundamental issues with airport expansion that neither plan manages to address. @lbc.co.uk
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 14/07/2025
We’re delighted to be hosting ‘A roadmap for an adapted UK’ in parliament this evening, spotlighting our new report. Stay tuned for live updates on speeches from @emmahardymp.bsky.social , @johannbeckford.bsky.social, Edward Morello MP and Baroness Brown of Cambridge. 🧵 #GAevent
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 14/07/2025
Today, @metoffice.gov.uk have released their state of climate report highlighting the ongoing impact climate change is having on our weather. 🧵 Here's a thread on the headline findings and why it's so important. 1/7
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🥵Feeling sluggish in the heat? So is everyone else. Overheating has a big impact on health but also our economy and wider society. Time to get adaptation front and centre of government priorities. 👇
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Shaun Spiers @shaunspiers1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Climate adaptation is in the news: what to do about it? Here's what we should do. We need to adapt, but we must also arrest climate change. Climate adaptation & net zero are not alternatives: they're both necessary & policies that help us adapt to climate change also help mitigate it.
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Delighted this has been published 🙌 Its timely, seeing that the third heatwave of the year is upon us showing climate impacts are here to stay 🥵 The lack of preparation isn't good enough. But action now on heat, on infrastructure and flooding can kickstart the UK's approach to adaptation 👇
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 11/07/2025
🌡️☔ New report | The UK isn't prepared for the impacts of climate change, and they're already here. Nearly 3k deaths from excess heat in 2022. £2.4bn annual flooding costs. 6m homes at flood risk. Yet 2/3 of #adaptation actions are inadequate for the scale of the challenge. 🔗 buff.ly/v9yl5ln 1/6
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Adapt to thrive: preparing the UK for climate change
In this report, we show that the UK is underprepared for the impacts of climate change and outline a roadmap to an adapted and more resilient future.
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This is far from the public’s priority for transport investment and every £ spent here is not being used to deliver projects that would really make a difference to people’s daily journeys and undermining goals to get more stuff moving by rail. Disappointing.
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Lower Thames Crossing project awarded £590m by Rachel Reeves
Work on the Lower Thames Crossing is expected to begin in 2026 and finish by 2032.
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Oliver Lord @olord.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
NEW RESEARCH: new car bonnets are trending higher every year and drivers of high fronted cars unable to see children as old as nine 😱🚙🚸❗ #Carspreading is out of control. What’s the latest? 🧵1/8 @transenv.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org
The higher the bonnet, the bigger the blind spot. Diagram showing how drivers can't see children in high fronted cars.
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Helpful intervention from @flossieb.bsky.social 👇 8 out top 10 flood prone constituencies are set to go Reform at the next election. Failure to embed resilience will be further evidence of the state failing to stand up for communities and will push voters away from the traditional parties
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Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) @theaef.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A no-brainer? Celeste Hicks and her fellow panellist, @johannbeckford.bsky.social, pointed out that early implementation of demand measures would ensure those who fly the most pay the most for decarbonising aviation. @green-alliance.org.uk 3/4
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 04/06/2025
Ahead of the spending review next week, #RachelReeves has today announced £15.6 billion for transport projects in the Midlands, North and West Country. Our response 👇
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 30/05/2025
Climate impacts are hitting home. We have seen record wildfires across the UK, and now, drought declared in the north west, bringing a list of challenges to households, nature and farming. Adaptation can no longer remain an afterthought.
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Drought declared in north-west of England
Many reservoirs in the region are at historic low levels for the time of year
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 29/05/2025
The flooding budget from 2026- remains uncertain, and needs confirmed at the spending review. @commonseac.parliament.uk chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social has rightly written to Rachel Reeves to stress the impacts underinvestment will have on people and seek clarity on long term allocations. 1/2
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Funding for flood resilience
A letter from Toby Perkins MP
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 28/05/2025
Today, @thecccuk.bsky.social issued a letter of advice to the government on how their recent amendments to the ZEV mandate will impact the transition to EVs. Response from @johannbeckford.bsky.social , senior policy adviser, below. Read the letter: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 28/05/2025
The UK is coming to a crossroads on climate adaptation as we face record temperatures for years to come. And yet consecutive governments have failed to properly prioritise adaptation. The upcoming #SpendingReview is an opportunity to turn the tide. 1/3
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Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years
Data also shows small but ‘shocking’ likelihood of year 2C hotter than preindustrial era before 2030
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Sophie O’Connell @sophieoconnell.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Promising to see TfL taking on board feedback that EVs shouldn't face the full Congestion Charge - full comment in the BBC below "It's great to see London continuing its leadership in encouraging the switch to cleaner vehicles." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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London Congestion Charge set to rise by 20% to £18
The daily cost of driving in central London should rise by £3 to £18, Transport for London says.
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This is a crucial piece by @jasperjolly.bsky.social In the wake of Trump tariffs, ministers looked at what policy they could act on immediately But unfortunately these changes had little to do with tariffs but will now have real world emissions consequences 👇 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Weakening of UK EV sales rules ‘likely to result in significantly more carbon emissions’
Analysis suggests there could be 500,000 additional plug-in hybrid electric cars on Britain’s roads by 2030
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The government's own figures show that Heathrow expansion flies a 747 straight through our carbon budgets. Add in non-CO2 impacts, noise and air pollution and the case is in tatters. And for what? An economic growth case that doesn't add up. www.politico.eu/article/heat...
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Here’s the climate toll of Britain’s new Heathrow runway
Government documents obtained by POLITICO show environmental forecasts for the major airport expansion.
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 08/05/2025
The £3 bus fare cap has been a lifeline for many. But today's reports suggest it could soon be scaled back. Ministers say it only applies to 1 in 6 journeys. That's missing some important context.🧵👇
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Adaptation is about investing now to save in the long run, making homes more comfortable to live in, cutting bills, restoring nature and building resilience across vulnerable groups in society. Me on @thecccuk.bsky.social report and what gov't can do 👇 greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/04/30/a...
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Act now or pay later on climate adaptation
The impacts of climate change tend to grab headlines when extreme weather events hit around the world. In recent weeks, we have seen temperatures reach the high 40s in parts of India and Pakistan w…
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 30/04/2025
"The effects of climate change are here [and] the global impacts are felt in all of our pockets. Surges in olive oil prices, for example, are largely driven by climate impacts." @johannbeckford.bsky.social on why the multi-year #SpendingReview is a crucial opportunity to prioritise adaptation 👇
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Act now or pay later on climate adaptation
The impacts of climate change tend to grab headlines when extreme weather events hit around the world. In recent weeks, we have seen temperatures reach the high 40s in parts of India and Pakistan w…
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A damning indictment of the Government’s failure to prepare for climate breakdown from @thecccuk.bsky.social. Alarm bells should be ringing across the country & ministers must confirm *now* that there’ll be an increase, not decrease, in spending on flood defences.
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Labour not protecting people, economy and homes from climate crisis, watchdog says
Plans to protect UK from extreme weather are inadequate, Climate Change Committee says in scathing assessment
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The @thecccuk.bsky.social judgement on the UK's adaptation to climate change is in, and its verdict is damning. There is little evidence the National Adaptation Programme or the change in government has fundamentally moved us forward. Some highlights 🧵 www.theccc.org.uk/2025/04/30/t...
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​​​​The country is not prepared for climate impacts, say advisors​ - Climate Change Committee
There is now unequivocal evidence that climate change is making extreme weather in the UK more likely and…
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Recent changes to UK zero emission vehicle regs will do little to mitigate US tariffs but undermine investment in cleaner driving. Now we need to get policy right for domestic manufacturing and to encourage drivers to switch. Excellent from Nick Davies 👇 www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4412...
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Don't put the brakes on the UK's market lead in electric vehicles
Policymakers should be encouraged by the UK's new lead in the market and keep us motoring ahead, writes Green Alliance's Nick Davies
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 15/04/2025
As we approach the spending review, this is a powerful reminder that climate impacts are becoming more widespread. The government must provide certainty to at risk communities and authorities by committing to at least the current level of flood defence spending to ensure our collective resilience.
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Flood warnings as Europe named as the fastest-warming continent in the world
Last year, the continent was hit by climate change impacts, extreme weather and record temperatures
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Johann Beckford @johannbeckford.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Doubling the number of flights at #LutonAirport will have a huge cost in emissions, air pollution and noise terms. Even under the current inadequate policies, the Planning Inspectorate itself recommended the government reject the proposal. And yet, approval was granted. My reaction 👇
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